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Śrīmad-Bhāgavatam
[Canto 5, Ch. 8]
the  ācāryas  and the spiritual master. If we deviate from this process, we may fall down, even though we may be very highly advanced. As stated in  Bhagavad-gītā  (18.5):
yajña-dāna-tapaḥ-karma na tyājyam kāryam eva tat yajño dānam tapaś caiva pāvanāni manīṣiṇām
“Acts of sacrifice, charity and penance are not to be given up but should be performed. Indeed, sacrifice, charity and penance purify even the great soul.” Even if one is in the renounced order, he should never give up the regulative principles. He should worship the Deity and give his time and life to the service of Kṛṣṇa. He should also continue following the rules and regulations of austerity and penance. These things cannot be given up. One should not think oneself very advanced simply because one has accepted the  sannyāsa  order. The activities of Bharata Mahārāja should be carefully studied for one’s spiritual advancement.
TEXT 9
अहो बतायं हरिणकुणकः कृपण ईश्वररथचरणपरिभ्रमणरयेण स्वगणसुहृद्- बन्धुभ्यः परिवर्जितः शरणं च मोपसादितो मामेव मातापितरौ भ्रातृज्ञातीन् यौथिकांश्चैवोपेयाय नान्यं कञ्चन वेद मय्यतिविस्रब्धश्चात एव मया मत्परायणस्य पोषणपालनप्रोणनलालनमनम्रयुनानुष्ठेयं शरण्योपेक्षादोषविदुषा ॥ ९ ॥
aho batāyam hariṇa-kuṇakaḥ kṛpaṇa īśvara-ratha-caraṇa- paribhramaṇa-rayeṇa śva-gaṇa-suhṛd-bandhubhyaḥ parivarjītaḥ śaraṇam ca mopasādito mām eva mātā-pitarau bhrātṛ-jñātīn yauthikāmś caivopeyāya nānyam kañcana veda mayy ati-visrabdhaś cāta eva mayā mat-parāyaṇasya poṣaṇa-pālana-prīṇana-lālanam anasūyunānuṣtheyam śaraṇyopekṣā-doṣa-viduṣā.
aho bata—alas; ayam—this; hariṇa-kuṇakaḥ—the deer calf; kṛpaṇaḥ—helpless; īśvara-ratha-caraṇa-paribhramaṇa-rayeṇa—by the force of the rotation of the time agent of the Supreme Personality of